THE GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINEES 2016!

As predicted, there were some fresh, diverse faces present in the list! Let's take a look and see who's up! 

BEST COMEDY/MUSICAL: La La Land predictably picked up quite a few nominations, but of course the most stunning surprise here is the presence of the Merc with the Mouth! I almost pegged Reynolds for a Deadpool nomination, but I thought it was too far-fetched. The indie everyone's fallen in love with, Sing Street, was this year's little film that could that only garnered one nomination, but in a big category. 
  • La La Land
  • Florence Foster Jenkins
  • 20th Century Women
  • Deadpool
  • Sing Street
BEST DRAMA: David Mackenzie's neo-western has been targeted for Oscar love ever since its late August release, and with several nominations here it's apparent. The highly Oscar-bait looking Lion also did quite well in its categories, and hey, if it can net Dev Patel the Academy Award nod he was robbed of in Slumdog, let it happen!
  • Moonlight
  • Manchester by the Sea
  • Hacksaw Ridge
  • Lion
  • Hell or High Water
BEST ACTOR (COMEDY/MUSICAL): The surprises here were Reynolds, who I actually predict might win this just because his presence made this movie what it was, and Hill for a fairly forgotten crime comedy. The Rotten Tomatoes score of War Dogs does say his role is "compelling."
  • Ryan Gosling- La La Land
  • Hugh Grant- Florence Foster Jenkins
  • Colin Farrell- The Lobster
  • Ryan Reynolds- Deadpool
  • Jonah Hill- War Dogs
BEST ACTRESS (COMEDY/MUSICAL): Rules Don't Apply was another early film people thought would be an Oscar darling, but after middling reviews and low box-office returns it fizzled out. So at least his leading lady Collins was nominated, and it was great to see Miss Steinfeld on here for a role I've heard nothing but raves about.
  • Meryl Streep- Florence Foster Jenkins
  • Emma Stone- La La Land
  • Annette Bening- 20th Century Women
  • Lily Collins- Rules Don't Apply
  • Hailee Steinfeld- The Edge of Seventeen
BEST ACTOR (DRAMA): So I'm giving myself the point here because I did predict Mortensen would secure a nod for Captain Fantastic, but I just got the category wrong. Both apply to the film though, one of my favorites of the year, and I'm just glad to see him recognized. Hopefully on January 24th the Academy will too! 
  • Casey Affleck- Manchester by the Sea
  • Andrew Garfield- Hacksaw Ridge
  • Denzel Washington- Fences
  • Viggo Mortensen- Captain Fantastic*
  • Joel Edgerton- Loving

BEST ACTRESS (DRAMA): Not a particularly surprising bunch, Chastain is a Globe's favorite, justifiably winning for Zero Dark Thirty a few years back. This race seems to be between Portman and indie favorite Huppert for their turns as Jackie Kennedy and an assault survivor respectively. 
  • Natalie Portman- Jackie
  • Ruth Negga- Loving
  • Isabelle Hupert- Elle
  • Amy Adams- Arrival
  • Jessica Chastain- Miss Sloane
BEST ANIMATED FILM: I won't beat myself up for not correctly predicting that the French-Swiss stop-motion film My Life as a Zucchini. Usually it's the Academy that has these bizarre, foreign picks; now how are they going to one-up the Globes?! Sing has been getting solid reviews, honestly McConaughey as a koala bear already has me wanting to give them my $8.50. I predict in the long haul this'll belong to Zootopia, maybe my favorite animated movie of the year.  
  • Moana
  • Zootopia
  • Kubo and the Two Strings
  • Sing
  • My Life as a Zucchini 
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: No shock to see Ali and Bridges, but I did incorrectly pick Shannon as the supporting actor representing Tom Ford's Nocturnal Animals. Helberg is the real surprise here, but if anyone had to be nominated from that comedy, I'm glad it was him. It'll be hard for him to shake his nerdy "Big Bang Theory" persona for me at least, but as the timid, exasperated Cosmé McMoon, I'm glad he's getting his due. 
  • Mahershala Ali- Moonlight
  • Jeff Bridges- Hell or High Water
  • Aaron Taylor-Johnson- Nocturnal Animals
  • Dev Patel- Lion
  • Simon Helberg- Florence Foster Jenkins
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: The only category I got all of them right! These are the exact same ladies who are up for the SAGs too, so expect to see all five of them come Oscar night. 
  • Michelle Williams- Manchester by the Sea
  • Naomie Harris- Moonlight
  • Nicole Kidman- Lion
  • Viola Davis- Fences
  • Octavia Spencer- Hidden Figures 
BEST DIRECTOR: Only John Singelton, Lee Daniels and Steve McQueen have been the only African-Americans ever to be nominated for Best Director (because Selma just directed itself, right?). Jenkins is on his way to being the fourth, though I predict this category to surely go to Chazelle come Oscar night. 
  • Barry Jenkins- Moonlight
  • Kenneth Lonergan- Manchester by the Sea
  • Damien Chazelle- La La Land
  • Mel Gibson- Hacksaw Ridge
  • Tom Ford- Nocturnal Animals 
BEST SCREENPLAY: I was wrong about Arrival, which got shut out of most of the big categories. I think the Academy will correct that, while heaping on tons of technical noms to make up for this absence. 
  • Manchester by the Sea
  • Moonlight
  • La La Land
  • Hell or High Water
  • Nocturnal Animals 

PREDICTIONS CORRECT: 38/55

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